Ihoteu Beach
Sandy tideflat beach with a restored stone tidal fish trap and iconic red-and-white horse lighthouses.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Ihoteu Beach explains the wondam, a low hand-stacked stone wall that Jeju fishing families built along the tideflat to trap fish as the tide pulled back out. It traces the restored version here, known locally as Iho Mosalwon, and the teu, a simple raft once paddled from this same sand to bring the catch home. You'll also hear about the beach's red and white horse-shaped lighthouses standing over the harbor, and a summer festival that lets visitors row a reconstructed teu themselves.
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